Given that my bandwidth (and other resources eg CPU time, Memory, Drive space) are *MINE*, and IIRC, under UK law, it is illegal to send unsolicited commercial email (unauthorized use of somebody elses resources == theft)..
How are banner ads this intrusive any different?
When will the insanity stop? When you switch on your computer, and are forced to watch a 10 minute commercial before your OS boots?
Aye. Many, many bars use touch-screen tills nowadays. Many of these tills (I would say most, infact) run on Windows (I work with some based on NT).
This would be a great application for Linux. It'd bring down the cost some, and I suspect would allow better performance (hence the use of lower spec hardware). Since such devices also rely heavily upon networking.. heck.. I know I'd rather use the Linux TCP layer..
I normally manage to find some use for an old machine (hence why my flat houses four computers in the airing cupboard!). Should I ever find myself with something I can't use, I'd certainly give it away (after trying to sell it on e-bay, of course)!
Someone is bound to have a use for those CPU cycles, even if only to donate them to Seti@Home or D.Net!
There are some comments about this in Bugzilla (number 181035). The general concensus seems to be that this may not even be worth 'fixing' - many users (myself included) will simply choose not to view sites which block them out for not viewing popups.
Part of the point in blocking popups seems to me to be that you *don't* have to download all of the crap therein; also, if a popup is loaded invisibly, it can still execute further javascript (assuming it is enabled), etc.. etc..
The other suggestion in Bugzilla is to use a sort of 'sandbox' to let the popup play in, set cookies and so forth, preventing it from displaying and making sure it can't do anything nasty at the same time.
Either way, sure as hell, I won't be enabling popups because of some idiotic protection like this!
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Serious Sam for the XBOX also offers Co-op multiplay, and not only that - its got all the levels from BOTH of the PC games.
Its a shame that after about 30 mins playing, your eyes begin to water from trying to spot the guys who run at you screaming and then explode!
--Matt
Given that my bandwidth (and other resources eg CPU time, Memory, Drive space) are *MINE*, and IIRC, under UK law, it is illegal to send unsolicited commercial email (unauthorized use of somebody elses resources == theft).. How are banner ads this intrusive any different? When will the insanity stop? When you switch on your computer, and are forced to watch a 10 minute commercial before your OS boots?
Aye. Many, many bars use touch-screen tills nowadays. Many of these tills (I would say most, infact) run on Windows (I work with some based on NT).
This would be a great application for Linux. It'd bring down the cost some, and I suspect would allow better performance (hence the use of lower spec hardware). Since such devices also rely heavily upon networking.. heck.. I know I'd rather use the Linux TCP layer..
I normally manage to find some use for an old machine (hence why my flat houses four computers in the airing cupboard!). Should I ever find myself with something I can't use, I'd certainly give it away (after trying to sell it on e-bay, of course)!
Someone is bound to have a use for those CPU cycles, even if only to donate them to Seti@Home or D.Net!
There are some comments about this in Bugzilla (number 181035). The general concensus seems to be that this may not even be worth 'fixing' - many users (myself included) will simply choose not to view sites which block them out for not viewing popups.
Part of the point in blocking popups seems to me to be that you *don't* have to download all of the crap therein; also, if a popup is loaded invisibly, it can still execute further javascript (assuming it is enabled), etc.. etc..
The other suggestion in Bugzilla is to use a sort of 'sandbox' to let the popup play in, set cookies and so forth, preventing it from displaying and making sure it can't do anything nasty at the same time.
Either way, sure as hell, I won't be enabling popups because of some idiotic protection like this!
Or alternatively, you could download Acrobat Reader for Linux.+ reader&tg=dl-2002&search=+Go%21+
:)
Try this link to get it from download.com.
http://download.com.com/3120-20-0.html?qt=acrobat
Ahh. The good old days. When you could spend hours trying to figure out how to get the Zork parser to let you perform a simple action! I miss them.